The site quotes the show's co-creator Marty Krofft as saying "Wild Things is very good for us. We always wanted to do low-tech costumes and high-tech heads. But it'll be a big difference in tone, of course. We'll be bright, not dark."

The original Pufnstuf TV show.

Krofft also claimed that the film will remain more faithful to the source material than their last film adaptation, Land of the Lost.

"We went with comedy [on Land], which got it greenlit" explains Krofft. "But we didn't know it was going to go so far in the PG-13 direction and so close to an R rating. Our characters are all likeable, and we have so much goodwill from our fans. So now we know - don't mess with what's worked."